Cork-extractor.



S. E. BBADDOGK.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1908.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

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sARAH'E. BRADDooK,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOv ALEXANDER `DUNCAN PAUL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

i CORK-EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application led May 13, 1908. Serial No. 432,633.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SARAH E. BRADDooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cork-Extractors, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in cork extractors, the object of theinvention being to provide an extracting device of simple and inexpensive construction by which refractory corks may be readily and convenintly engaged and Withdrawn from a bott e.

A further object of the invention is to provide an extracting device having a handle of` tractor embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation showing the device applied for extracting a stopper, indicating in dotted lines the normal position of the extractor and in full lines its engaging position ready for extraction of the cor The tool embodies a substantially V- shaped handle 1 comprising side arms 2 connected at their upper ends by a rod 3 on which is mounted a suitable grip 4. The arms 2 converge toward their lower ends and are connected with an internally threaded socket 5 receiving the reduced upper threaded portion of a stem or shank 6. The said reduced upper portion 7 projects from a head 8 and passes through the center of a cross bar 9 and clamps the same against the underside of the socket 5. The cross bar which projects equally beyond the opposite sides of the shank has its end portions curved to form supplementary grips and'also to serve as stops to limit the downward movement of the extractor in forcing the same down through the cork for use in extracting the same. The lower end of the stern 6 is also formed with a reduced threaded portion 10 entering the threaded socket in the upper end of an introducing blade orknife 1 1. This blade or knife is in the form of a thin wedge having a sharpened point and longitudinal side edges, so that it may be forced down through the cork and will cut a clean opening for its passage. Olamped between the lower end of the stem and the upperl surface of the introducing blade is a spring strip 12, the opposite ends of which are upturned to form curved hooks 13. This strip is normally straight and horizontal and rests squarely upon the plane upper edge of the blade, but beyond the stem the opposite end-of the strip are free to bend upwardly to -the'dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 to permit of the insertion of the device without resistance from said strip. When applied, the oppositely projecting ends of the stem provide extracting hooks to engage the underside of the cork to effect the withdrawal thereof upon an outward relative movement between the extractor and bottle.

In the operation of extracting a cork, the extractor is disposed as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the blade brought to bear against the outer end of the cork and then forced.

down through the cork, cutting a `clean narrow slot to ermit of its passage in the neck of the bott e below the cork. The ends of the spring` strip 12 in this operation fold upwardly to the dotted line position in Fig. 1 through their pressure against the -walls of the slot to permit the shank 6 to pass with a minimum of resistance through the slot cut by the blade until it passes below the cork, whereupon the ends of the strip spring back to 'normal position and the hooked extremities 13 bear against the underside of the cork, as shown. Upon then giving the extractor a quarter turn to dispose the blade at right angles to the length of the slot previously formed thereby, the hooked ends of the stri will be prevented from having downwar movement by their bearing against the upper surface of the blade and will thus operate to form engaging devices extending under the cork, whereby when the extractor is drawn outward pressure will be brought to bear upon the cork to effect its extraction from the neck of the bottle. Upon the removal of the cork the blade and strip may be detached to ermit the cork to be drawn off the stern. f an exceedingly refractory cork is encountered which cannot be withdrawn in the ordinary way, the handle 1 may be engaged with a hook or other object on the wall and the full strength of the operator exerted to pull outward on the bottle, whereby the withdrawal of the cork may be effected.

It will be seen that by the provision of the cutting knife and extracting means associated therewith, the device may be forced through any cork and the latter then quickly and conveniently withdrawn.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. A cork extractor comprising astem, a cutting blade mounted upon the stem, hooked spring bearing members arranged for cooperation with the blade, and a handle applied to the upper end of the stem.

2. A cork extractor comprising a stem, a wedge shaped cutting blade detachably mounted upon the lower endy of the stem, a spring strip clamped between said blade and the stem and provided with outwardly yielding extracting ingers having hook-shaped ends, and a handle applied to the upper end of the stem.

3. An extractor comprising a stem, a cross bar removably mounted upon the upper end ofthe stem, a handle applied to the stem and 25 securing said cross bar in position, a tapering cutting blade detachably mounted upon the lower end of the stem, and a spring strip clamped between said blade and stem, said strip having its ends arranged to form yielding1 spring iingers provided with hook-shaped en s.

In testimony whereof I aHix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH E. BRADDOGK. Witnesses:

MARY A. PAINTER, FREDERIC S. HUNTER. 

